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4 days ago · He mistakenly believed that Amerigo Vespucci had discovered the continent and thus chose to name the southern part “America” in his honor. This decision was based on Vespucci’s voyages of 1501-1502 and his understanding that a new continent had been uncovered following Columbus’ expeditions.
- Kelli Wheeler
2 days ago · John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
3 days ago · He quickly established a base of power in northwestern Iran, and in 1501 he took the city of Tabrīz and proclaimed himself shah. In a succession of swift conquests he brought all of modern Iran and portions of present-day Iraq and Turkey under his rule.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
5 days ago · Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1500-1501: 1-22 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1499-1502: 22-35 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1487: 35 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1501-1502: 36-49 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1500-1502: 50-65 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1492-1503: 66-78 : Close Rolls, Henry VII: 1501-1503: 78-87
6 days ago · The Westport Library Resource Guides: History of the World: 1001 - 1500
- Mary Brown
- 2020
4 days ago · One of the Secretaries of Henry VII. to his Nephew, a clergyman in Spain. He must tell the Queen of Spain that the marriage between the Princess Katharine and the Prince Arthur has been again ratified in England. The King, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, and all the Lords and high dignitaries, are desirous to see the Princess in England.
5 days ago · 1. To conclude with Henry, in their names, and as their ambassador, a marriage between their daughter Katharine and his son Henry, Prince of Wales. 2. To settle the amount, and other terms of the marriage portion, and of the dowry. Toledo, 10th of May 1502. This power is inserted in the treaty of the 23rd of June 1503.
